Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Check out what our writers have spotted this week in library news. Enjoy!

Kait

Fancy being a moon librarian? Astrobiotic’s 2020 moon landing will include a lunar library! This library will be made up of a range of information, including a compilation of languages assembled by The Long Now Foundation, and the contents of Wikipedia. Stored in laser-etched nickel, the library could survive on the lunar surface for billions of years.

Sheila

New article from the EDUCAUSE Review: Empowerment, Experimentation, Engagement: Embracing Partnership Models in Libraries by Brian Mathews, Stefanie Metko and Patrick Tomlin, explores how “Shifting from a transactional model to partnership models, libraries are repositioning themselves as laboratories for exploration, incubators for ideas, and essential collaborators across the teaching, learning, and research enterprises.”

Cover photo from Alan Wu on Flickr Commons. Changes were made in adapting this image.  Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.